Improvement in lamp-brackets



J. J. NOLAN. Lamp-Bracket.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OEEIcE.

JOHN J. NOLAN, OF EAST SAGINAW, MICHIGAN.

IMPROVEMENT IN LAMP-BRACKETS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 200,082, dated February5, 1878; application filed December 22, 1877.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JOHN J. NOLAN, of East Saginaw, in the county ofSaginaw and State of Michigan, have invented a new and valuableImprovement in Lamp-Brackets; and I do hereby declare that the followingis a full, clear, and exact description of the construction andoperation of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawing,making a part of this specification, and to the letters and figures ofreference marked thereon.

The figure of the drawing is a perspective view of my lamp-bracket.

The nature of my invention consists in the construction and arrangementof an adjustable and reversible lamp-bracket, as will be hereinaftermore fully set forth.

The annexed drawing, to which reference is made, fully illustrates myinvention.

A represents a clamp, provided with a setscrew, B, for fastening thesame to any place or any article desired. This clamp is, at its end,provided with two parallel cars, a a, between which the bracket 0 ispivoted by means of a pin, 12.

On the top of the clamp are two similar ears or lugs, a a, between whichthe bracket may be pivoted when it is necessary to fasten the clamp inavertical position. When the clamp is fastened in a horizontal positionthe bracket is pivoted between the ears or lugs a a.

The bracket C may be made of any suitable design, and-it is inclined, asshown, so as to bring the lamp-holding device in a plane below theclamp, or, if the bracket be reversed, above said plane.

Through the opening at the outer end of the bracket 0 is passed alamp-supporting device, D, consisting of a vertical rod, D, to which therim G is secured, said rod with the rim being adjusted up and down, asdesired, and held in any position by means of a set-screw, d. The rim Gis made in circular form, but flaring, to receive a lamp. In the frontof the rim is an opening, h, so that an ordinary handlamp can be placedin the rim, the handle of the lamp passing out through said opening h.

By means of the adjustability of the rod D and the reversibility of thebracket, it will be seen that the lamp can be set at almost any heightdesired, and it can be swung around to either side.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1, In combination with a lamp-bracket a clamp, provided with devices atright angles to each other for connecting the bracket to the clamp,whether said clamp is fastened in a vertical or a horizontal position,as herein set forth.

2. In a lampbracket, the combination, with a clamp and a lamp-supportingdevice, of the reversible inclined bracket 0, whereby a lamp can be heldin a plane below the clamp or above said plane, substantially as setforth.

3. A lamp-bracket consisting of a clamp provided with ears or lugs a a,arranged at right angles to each other, a bracket, 0, and thelamp-support D, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony that I claim the above I have hereunto subscribed my namein the presence of two witnesses.

JOHN J. NOLAN.

Witnesses SAMUEL MOFFITT,

PETER SEWEY.

